Founders' kin was a hereditary privilege at certain

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and the

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whereby preference was given to applicants who were kin of, that is, related to or descended from, the founder or founders of that college. It also existed at

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, the feeder school for New College. Most founders' kin privileges were removed subsequent to the 1850 Royal Commission into the governance of the university.

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